Content here is by Michael Still, mikal@stillhq.com.
I’ve read this book before, many years ago. I figured I should re-read it, given how much I love the short story. Unfortunately, I think the short story is better than the novelization. The novel tends to try to explain too much, although the last chapter is a worthy addition. I’m sure I’ll still read…
All of the Old Men’s War books (Old Man’s War and The Ghost Brigades) have started slowly and built up to a climax. That’s been good because its given some time for background which makes the second phase of the book all the more fully formed. This book is the same, although I think the…
I’m registered for LCA 2011! I wasn’t expecting to be able to come due to a clash with a work event, but then they moved that event. So, I’m pretty happy about that. Have you registered yet? Early bird closes soon…
This book is a really good sequel, and just as good as Old Man’s War. While some of the characters reappear, the story stands on its own and is quite entertaining. I enjoyed this book a lot. There’s something about bright green genetically engineered super soldiers killing aliens that makes me happy. [award: nominee prometheus…
I’ve owned this book for a while, and now really regret not reading it the second it hit my shelves. Its amazingly good for a first book, and is definitely as good as The Forever War and Forever Peace, and better than Starship Troopers. I’m very very impressed with it. An excellent book if you’re…
This is a pretty odd book. It was given to me as a gift, and its a meandering tale about a failed science fiction writer. The author even appears as a character. The style is interesting, as the text stops for frequent illustrations, which is something I haven’t seen before. However, the story doesn’t really…
I Know You Got Soul Consider Plebas Destinies Volume 1 Number 1 The Accidental Time Machine Camouflage Mars: A Survival Guide The Hemingway Hoax The System of the World Zodiac
This isn’t Neal’s best work, and I found the second half a little hard to read — I think because it meandered, with several theories for who was responsible being interchanged. They were all reasonable theories, but the jump between each of them was jarring and could have been better done. The version of the…
I was talking to some folk at work yesterday, and they suggested that perhaps I’m reading the wrong books. In fact, they might have been a tiny bit less polite than that. So, I whipped up a little recommendation engine last night. Its nothing fancy, but if you want to recommend a book for me,…
The final book of the Baroque Cycle, and it feels like a real achievement to have gone through them all. They have their slow spots, but also excellent action and characters I love. Best of all, this book focuses on the latter two, with only one section of long theoretical dialog (about the nature of…